2018 Sponsorship Package - Chinese Reconciliation Park
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2018 Sponsorship Package
CHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUNDATION P.O. Box 7024 Tacoma, WA 98406-0024 www.tacomachinesepark.org (253) 330-8828 Dear Friends: The Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation is pleased to announce our 6th annual Tacoma Moon Festival, to be held at the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park on September 15, 2018. The Tacoma Moon Festival is an event that celebrates diversity within our great City of Tacoma with emphasis on introducing the Chinese Autumn Festival and the legend of the Moon Princess. The day is meant to share the arts and heritage of different cultures through stage performances, crafts and other activities, offering a welcoming and engaging opportunity for attendee enjoyment. In the past, the Tacoma Moon Festival has attracted more than 3,000 festival goers. By receiving great media attention through our local TV, radio station, newspapers and social media, this event provides a center for community, unity, and builds connections among one another. The Chinese Reconciliation Project hopes to spread the message of reconciliation and cultural harmony through education. Our mission is to provide as much opportunity as we can to show how cultural wealth can unify us all. As we continue to promote our message of inclusion and harmony in diversity, I hope that you can see the value in our efforts and will support what promises to be another great event. We invite you to please join us for the Tacoma Moon Festival and to consider being a sponsor for our event. The Tacoma Moon Festival offers a great marketing opportunity for your organization to network with thousands of people within our diverse community. Thank you for your kind consideration. I hope to see you at the festival this year! Sincerely, Theresa Pan Hosley President, Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation
About Us
The Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF) is a non-profit
organization that works to advance civic and cultural harmony. We engage
in social and cultural conflicts in order to build pathways to reconciliation.
Through education, we broaden understanding and illuminate the
commonalities of individuals within our community.
For a city to publicly acknowledge
CRPF has truly been a labor of love for the last 20 years. We have worked
the wrongdoing, I think it shows
with the City of Tacoma and the community to acknowledge and reconcile
sincerity of making amends...And the forceful expulsion of 1885, which drove the Chinese population out of
in the Chinese culture, we Tacoma. This exclusionary act was in response to complex conditions of the
always emphasize forgiving and time, among them economic decline and anti-Chinese sentiment. The expulsion
moving on… The project is caused a great rift between the city and the Chinese people, an effect that is
[certainly] not just about sharing tangible and felt within the community even today.
of culture, but it is a healing of
Actively working to heal our community, the CRPF created the Tacoma
the heart. It is a reminder of how
Chinese Reconciliation Park. The park serves as a destination that educates
we should interact with each people about the expulsion and spreads our message of hope, healing, and
other. We need to be more inclusivity. Using the park as a model of reconciliation, the CRPF aims to
tolerant, understanding... demonstrate how the process of reconciliation can generate positive change
between family members... and and inspire a united community, both locally and globally.
between people of different
cultures.
THERESA PAN HOSLEY, PRESIDENT
CHINESE RECONCILIATION
PROJECT FOUNDATION
History of the Moon Festival
Historically, the Moon Festival was a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat with food offerings
made in honor of the moon. Today, it is still an occasion for outdoor reunions among friends and relatives to eat
mooncakes and watch the moon, a symbol of harmony and unity. The traditions and myths surrounding the festival
have consistently revolved around three fundamental meanings: gathering, thanksgiving and prayer. Gathering signifies
the coming together of friends and family. Thanksgiving is to give thanks for the harvest and for harmonious unions.
Prayer is for longevity, guidance, and hope that good fortune is bestowed upon us and our loved ones in the future.
Traditions
Mooncakes – Making and sharing mooncakes is one and to emphasize the festival’s meaning of gathering,
of the hallmark traditions of this festival. In Chinese thanksgiving, and praying. Throughout the years the
culture, a round shape symbolizes completeness and appearance, form, and function of these lanterns has
unity. Thus, the sharing of round mooncakes among evolved, it began simple and local and in time grew to
family and friends signifies the completeness and unity be complex and mix-cultured.
of those relationships.
Lanterns – In order to have nighttime celebrations and People have sorrow and joy, they part or meet
reinforce the mood of happiness lanterns were used as again; the Moon may be bright or dim, she may
decorations in the Moon Festival celebration. Shapes wax or wane. There has been mothing prefect
and images on the lanterns were designed to relate
since the olden days, so let us wish that men will
to nature, agricultural produce, community culture,
live long as they can! Though miles apart, we’ll
share the beauty she displays.
SU SHI, CHINESE POET AND CALLIGRAPHER
Legend of the Moon Princess
Benefits of Involvement
Sponsorship of the Tacoma Moon Festival allows for a unique and exclusive
opportunity for your organization to connect with a variety of diverse people
within the Puget Sound community and beyond. As a sponsor, you will be
providing the funds necessary to grow our community into a more accepting,
caring, and united community.
Providing your support has tremendous positive outcomes for your company. It
will gain your company awareness, may build employee morale and company
pride, or improve and increase customer loyalty. Your involvement demonstrates
to your community that your organization cares and values bringing people and
communities together in the celebration of mutual respect and harmony.
Use of Funds
Our objective is to provide maximum return of your investment to support our
goals of building responsive communities that embrace respect, understanding
and care for one another. Through events like the Tacoma Moon Festival, the
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation invests its time and dollars into:
• Educating communities, organizations and governments, both nationally
and internationally, about the importance of cultural and social
understanding, awareness and respect.
• Demonstrating the process of reconciliation and healing through
the continual growth and support of the evolving Tacoma Chinese
Reconciliation Park and its message
• Promoting the importance of compassion and acceptance of people who are
different from us
• Broadening the communication and relationships between people by
providing a variety of opportunities for people to come together and interact
Ways to Sponsor
From partnerships to cash and in-kind sponsorships, the Tacoma Moon
Festival offers several opportunities at a variety of sponsorship levels to match
your company’s marketing goals and budget. Your sponsorship helps to offset
festival expenses which ensures that more money can go back into the services,
promotions and other efforts that help the CRPF achieve its vision and goals.
Partnerships are offered to those companies that provide a free product or
service that is deemed critical to putting on the festival, such as the printing
of festival materials or provisions of technical expertise. If the sponsorship
offerings shown do not meet your needs, the CRPF is open to working with
you to create a custom sponsorship program.
Ways to Sponsor (Continued)
SP ONSORSHIP LE VE LS
BENEFIT 豐收盛月 協和滿月 雲湧半月 水起弦月 風生新月 眾星拱月
HARVEST MOON FULL MOON HALF MOON QUARTER MOON CRESCENT MOON IN-KIND
$ 5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $500 $250
Complimentary Booth,
X X
if desired
Name or logo displayed Based on level
X X
on Event Posters* of support
Acknowledgment from
X X
the Main Stage
Listed in print, ads, press Based on level
X X X
releases, and social media of support
Name or logo displayed on
Based on level
CRPF website (hyperlink X X X X X
of support
to sponsor website)
Recognition in website Based on level
X X X X X
communication campaign of support
Event Program X X X X X X
In-kind Sponsorship
• Advertising • Entertainment • Food and Beverage
• Prizes or auction items • 10 x 10 Vendor Display Booths • Staging
• Decorations • Seating • Recycling / Trash
• Sound Systems • Technical Support • Site Clean-up
• Parking Assistance • Portable Toilets
• Taxi Service • Electrical
Advertising and Promotional Opportunities
Other advertising and promotional opportunities that can demonstrate your
support for the Tacoma Moon Festival include:
• Donating advertising space you would normally use in August and
September to the festival
• Tagging your advertisements during August and September with the name,
date website and phone number of the festival
• Instituting in-store/cash register donation promotions
These ideas and others like them can maximize your exposure and help the
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation increase its reach in the community.
Sign Me Up!
If you are interested in in-kind sponsorship, please attach a separate document detailing what you would like to
provide and its monetary value; this may include media sponsors as well as other in-kind services.
I am pleased to commit to sponsor the Tacoma Moon Festival.
Signature Printed Name Date
Address
Method of Payment: (Please Check One)
Company check (Make payable to: Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation)
Invoice to address above
Credit Card
Credit Card Type Account Number Expiration Date CVV Code
(Visa, MasterCard, etc.)
Signature
Address (if different from above)
Please send confirmation and payment to:
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation
ATTN: Craig Ottavelli
P.O. Box 7024
Tacoma, Washington 98406
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